I have always been an animal lover ever since I could remember, especially exotic and out of the ordinary reptiles. Having a pet ball python is the easiest animal to take care of. You may start to think that I am going crazy or something similar to that case but to my defense, I have experienced caring for them for a few years already and know how great of a pet they are. The reactions I get when I take it out in public varies from person to person. When it comes to the food intake or supplies needed to provide its basic care, it is very minimal. You are only required to feed a snake of its size once a week. The minimum requirements to house a ball python is a 20-gallon tank with a heat source. Unlike most snakes they only average a max of 5-feet long as an adult.
If you have a dog or a cat the food demands for those pets are high. They constantly need to have food in their food bowl, and fed daily. However, you do not have to worry about that when you have a pet ball python. There is no food bowl required at all and you only feed it one small mouse once a week. The cost for their food weekly is three dollars, and that sounds very economical and appealing to a person looking for a pet that is more cost-effective to care for.
In most cases it is obvious that if you want to keep some sort of exotic animal you may need to invest in a huge enclosure that requires a lot of space in your home. In this case there is no need to go through headaches trying to figure out where are